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Written Answers — Department of Health: National Pandemic Plan (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: My Department recently published the Report of a Review Group set up to examine the Irish response to influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in 2009. This Group was chaired by my Department and comprised of public health and emergency planning experts from the Health Services Executive (HSE) and its agency the Health Protection Surveillance Centre. The Report includes recommendations for a revision of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2013, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2013, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: The Government is committed to fundamental reform of the health system. This will see the delivery of a single-tier health service, supported by universal health insurance, which will ensure equal access to care based on need, not income. My Department is currently preparing a White Paper on Universal Health Insurance which will provide further detail on the universal health insurance (UHI)...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Ingredients (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: I established a Special Action Group on Obesity (SAGO) comprising representatives from key Government Departments and organisations to examine and progress a number of issues to address the problem of obesity. Whilst it was acknowledged that alone no single initiative will halt or reverse the trend, it was felt that a combination of measures should make a difference. SAGO has already raised...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is a key priority for the Government. Building on work already undertaken by the HSE, the National Treatment Purchase Fund has now taken over the reporting of outpatient waiting time data. For the first time data is available on www.ntpf.ie. The collation and analysis of outpatient waiting time data in a standardised format will reveal the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the whole-time equivalent staff who are directly employed by my Department is detailed in tabular format: Salary Range Whole Time Equivalents (WTE) Less than €20,000 9.1 €20,000 - €30,000 27.53 €30,000 - €40,000 63.86 €40,000 - €50,000 62.23 €50,000 - €60,000 55.4...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Claims (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: I do not have a role in the day to day operations of any private health insurance company. The VHI is a commercial company operating in a competitive market and decisions as to whether members are entitled to benefit are made in accordance with the terms and conditions of each individual member's policy. The issue raised by the Deputy appears to be a contractual matter between the customer...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: The Health Service Executive's (HSE's) Directorate of Quality and Patient Safety has, under its Advocacy and Incident Management Units, developed a comprehensive incident management process for addressing complaints received in relation to the public health services. As this service is proper to the HSE I have arranged to have the Deputy's question referred to the Executive for attention...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: With effect from 1s tMarch 2013, under the Health (Out-Patient Charges) Regulations 2013, a charge €100 is levied in all facilities providing emergency out-patient services. In recent years, changes have been made to the emergency services provided in a number of hospitals with resultant changes in the description of the services from "an accident and emergency department". The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: The particular issue raised by the Deputy is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: The HSE is actively managing the recruitment process for the July 2013 rotation in order to ensure that as many NCHDs as possible are recruited and that all critical service needs are met. A number of separate recruitment processes are currently underway including: Filling by the Postgraduate Training Bodies of posts on training schemes; HSE Centralised Applications process; Local...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: The information in respect of the amount of overtime paid in the case of each political / Ministerial appointee for the period 2007 to date in 2013 is set out in the following table: Minister / Minister of State 2007 to date in 2013 Minister James Reilly: - Personal Assistant €14,148.67 Personal Secretary x 2 €4,581.15 + €1,914.98 Minister of State Roisin...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: As the recruitment of PHNs is a matter for the HSE, I have requested the Executive to respond directly to the Deputy concerning the issues he has raised.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Numbers (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: The total number of fully-qualified nurses employed in the public health sector in each of the past five years at end-March (latest figure available) is as set out in the following table: Date end-March 2009 end-March 2010 end-March 2011 end-March 2012 end-March 2013 Total WTE excl. Career Break 37,696 36,891 36,106 34,296 33,997 The Government has decided that the numbers...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Assistant Numbers (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Bed Numbers (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: The information requested by the Deputy is collated by the Business Intelligence Unit within the Health Service Executive. Therefore, I have asked them to respond directly to the Deputy in this matter. In relation to the Deputy's query re: private beds; my Department has no role or function.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that there are a number of supports in place for persons diagnosed with narcolepsy following pandemic vaccination. My priority is to ensure that those affected by narcolepsy, with symptom onset post pandemic vaccination are provided with a range of services and supports to meet their health needs. The Irish Medicines Board has indicated that as of 12 May...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: The specific query raised by the Deputy is a service matter and has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.